in here at r.t. u.s. law enforcement officials say russia warned the f.b.i. two years ago that one of the suspects was a follower of radical islam more on this now from artie's when asked to see a truck in a near boston. on saturday information has emerged quoting to local law enforcement officials who say that in fact the foreign government that had requested the united states questioned the older brother. was according to them the russian government saying that this older brother should be looked into in terms of his any possible links with extremist groups and from what we know the f.b.i. did in fact question him they took him in for questioning they were in fact tracking his social networking sites for quite some time but as we found out and discovered obviously the f.b.i. did not deem necessary at the time to keep following this young man because they did not find anything suspicious in his behavior back in two thousand and eleven we certainly know that obviously the the arrest of the younger brother took place

they're going to try to find out more about this exactly how soon and what exactly kind of connections the older and the younger brother might have had to extremist groups possibly outside the united states so we do know that the older brother twenty six year old to maryland did in fact traveled to the north caucuses back in january two thousand and twelve and he stayed there for about six months and there are certain suspicions that that could have been the time where all kind of his behavior changed and maybe his links to certain extremist groups increased the younger brother remains in a hospital in the boston area he is being treated last night we heard when he was arrested that he had suffered serious injuries there were certain rumors possibly that he had suffered some kind of spinal injury in the standoff between police that lasted for about two hours and we do know that he's in hospital right now and that all the legal proceedings will in fact kick off as soon as he gets all the medical

treatment that's necessary for him to be able to function in this investigation on a future going to reporting for us there now some of the most to draw. attic and memorable pictures from friday's manhunt in boston are available for you at r t v dot com the news of the terror suspects capture sent a wave of public year for you through the streets of boston and in the area those dramatic images are there in our special photo section where you can also see how the standoff unfolded in an exclusive interview here on our t.v. a mother of the two alleged bombers says one of her sons that was hounded by the f.b.i. for several years she also claims there's no way that either of them could have been involved in any terrorist attack artie's medina cochon of a travel to douglas done where the mother now lives to find out more about the family's back story. the investigation into the background of this have knives brothers has brought us here to this part of the capital of dagestan now this is

the house where their parents live however as we tried to reach them this morning it turned out that they fled to the neighboring region of chain to their relatives to avoid all the attention meanwhile this morning i managed to speak to the mother of the two brothers and she told me how devastated she is and that she still can't believe. may have been involved in the bombings in our house nobody talked about the terrorism my son. got involved in the. you know. i really do believe that. he was told by a b i like four five three five he knew that they knew what my. what action what. he was going how could this happen how could they were conjoined we. never ever had this is not my two sons are in and

those neighbors we spoke to our shocks they said that it was a very nice and a very quiet family. i know the brothers very well from the childhood we used to live in chechnya together. then we moved here i know they couldn't have carried out the attack and they couldn't have been involved in it they spent most of the u.s. study. they didn't have any links with another militant. the youngest brother john had on his plate at the social network. this school number one in the high school and one of those places where he used to study however here very few people remember that saddam lives brother's. family came to darkest on in september two thousand and one with the boys. then they apparently managed to get. leave a stone so they left in less than they didn't spend a long time here and they didn't grow up they first entered the school together

with their two sisters back in two thousand and one however for a very short period of time and in two thousand and two they left to the united states. moscow warned against classing it terrorism as either domestic or foreign right after it emerged that the alleged bombers have links to russia's north caucasus region new york's former mayor rudy giuliani has already admitted that the u.s. has for a long time turned a blind eye to terrorism in the north caucasus western media have tended to portray the armed groups in the mountainous region as freedom fighters. explains. when news broke of an unexpected north caucasus traced to the boston bombings literally every global media outlet was quick to put the word into their headlines told by a source that they fled the russian caucus to chechnya he is an ethnic chechen brothers are said to be ethnic chechens lived in kurdistan and dagestan before coming to the u.s.

the two suspects were branded as coming from a russian region close to chechnya indeed many may need reminding of the name and location of republic of the stand where the two supposedly came from but the word certainly rings bells probably because of the media headlines in the one thousand nine hundred and at the beginning of the new millennium that's when russia had a military operation in the north caucasus. russian troops deployed in the republic can finally be drawn bevels fighting for independence or go have been dramatically reduced in. scores the churchill fight for independence had no become the ultimate judgment that conflict often went beyond the borders of the chechen republic let's remember apartment buildings bombed in moscow a theater siege in the russian capital and a school takeover in russia's north thousands of civilians were killed but the man who had blood on their hands were often described as freedom fighters and rebels by the western media at times it even sounded like a romantic image the reality is that in the north caucasus russia has been fighting

the same war which america embarked upon after the twin towers were brought down against global terrorism mosco never made a secret that those fighting on the side of the chechen militants were closely tied to al qaeda and were financed from abroad by terrorist organizations worldwide but it's only after nine eleven the transport bombings in madrid and london that understanding the notion that terrorism has no nationality has started to appear in the global media from freedom fighters to armed dangerous terrorists most wanted man in america years have passed media labels have changed the question is whether it change in attitude towards a common enemy will follow in due course. or to select the reporting for us there now let's get more analysis from brian levin director of the center for the study of hate and extremism at california state university at san bernardino thank you very much for being with us brian. let's get right to this we're hearing that the f.b.i. received information from russia that the older brother was a follower of radical islam now he was an allegedly still able to carry out these

activities how is this possible well it's possible because in the united states actually following a violent ideology is constitutionally protected there used to be laws in the united states that made it a crime to advocate the destruction of the government however those laws were overturned by the supreme court decades ago so hat advocating violence in the abstract is constitutionally protected now we were able to speak to their mother and all mothers are going to hope that their sons are innocent but they can a she claims that the f.b.i. was actually controlling the activities of her elder son for the past five years even saying that they were set up what's your take. i don't know how to give credibility to something that is beyond the pale the fact

of the matter is the f.b.i. constantly gets tips about people who may be extremist threats however merely linking to extremist literature or mentioning extremism extremist ideology without engaging in a conspiracy or a bonafide threat is constitutionally protecting the united states so it's fallacious that the f.b.i. would it would have been plotting with him or something like that what would the f.b.i.'s motive be the fact of the matter is in the united states even horrendous views and the abstract advocacy of violence is constitutionally protected absent a conspiracy a threat or an actual crime all right now turning kind of to your area of expertise these boston bombs were pressure cooker devices so we're hearing now is this a hallmark of an al qaeda linked attack talk to me about these devices and how common are they really are. well a little missed

a step back it surely is a hallmarks of al qaida but al qaeda doesn't have a monopoly on the use of these kinds of weapons indeed the instructions for these weapons are ubiquitous throughout the internet that being said the are a type of weapon that has been used in the middle east and the indian subcontinent and parts of asia much more than here in the united states very uncommon in the united states pipe bombs and other types of devices much more common and about a month ago. the southeast jihadist handbook on how to make such bombs along with other weapons was put out along with a magazine called inspire which is put out by a.q. a.p. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula we're just hearing here in the united states that there may be some connection to extremists in the caucasus between the older brother. and this group located in the region over in chechnya now as this investigation plays out we know we're going to be getting more

information but since september eleventh in the wake of these attacks the u.s. launched its so-called war on terror given these events and the boston bombings how secure is the domestic situation in the united states right now. the these domestic situation united states is that we are reasonably secure but it's not failsafe and i think it's been proven two young men had a major american city on lockdown and that speaks volumes we had something similar in southern california with someone who was an ideologically motivated extremist having the whole community shut down so i think that we've gotten a bit complacent but we've also had law enforcement training and put in place reasonable security measures the fact of the matter is terrorism is going to continue in the united states although if you look over the last ten years the number of people in the united states who been killed by southeast jihadist is less

than twenty since nine eleven now you know given these events and you've mentioned that there's been a relatively high success rate in stopping these types of attacks but do you think that the u.s. will shift its focus from foreign terrorism or terror terrorism abroad to more of a domestic policy or domestic issues. i think it's going to be both i think we face a threat from anti-government nazis as well as all to radical salafist jihad s. and i do believe that that the risk continues that the difficult thing is is. when is the next plot are going to be successful we had a string of dozens of plots of both from domestic extremists and and foreign sympathetic extremists if you will and most of them are unsuccessful so it's when is that shot going to go into the goal and that's what we worry about we could have mass casualties and any time in the united states or in europe when some

of these folks are successful the plots keep coming now turning to the brothers themselves lots of reports coming about the fact that they are of chechen descent now they've mostly spent their lives in the united states so what do you think could have ignited their radicalization and develop their hatred for the country that they lived in for so long. well i think it's a right of personal factors was or a personal setback was or an inability for one of the brothers to connect to community here did they go back to russia and get exposed to someone who's a mentor who had some ideology that was able to catapult amplify and direct the aggression or was this found over the internet or elsewhere we just don't know but i would think that there's someone in a peer group or family that helped solidify this and this belief system exists and is accessible over the internet but there's usually some kind of mentoring

person whether was direct or indirect influence through a relationship that's real or through the internet we just don't know and i think that the manipulation of the older brother of the younger brother had an effect as well and listen to that mother leads me to believe that she wasn't the perfect parent either the right person or your thoughts on the subject always interesting to find more about the situation as it. rattles up to we can be in contact with you in the future thanks that was a brian eleven director of the center for the study of hey thank you for yours i'm at the california state university at san bernardino. now hopes for your rocks new beginning as tensions increase ahead of the latest election. blasts shakes the polling stations across the country during the first vote u.s. troops withdraw. and anti-government protesters in bahrain call on the international community to stop ignoring human rights violations in the

kingdom ahead of the formula one grand prix this weekend and other stories coming up after a short break right here on our. wealthy british. market. the global economy. mission free. free. free. free free. free. free.

free. free. here with our team. iraq. first election since u.s. combat troops pulled out over a year ago has been overshadowed by attacks reports of blasts and mortar fire near polling stations are mounting at the end of a campaign that has seen a spike in violence in recent weeks with more than a dozen candidates assassinated and sectarian tensions rising it doesn't look like the new beginning that many hoped for as an offer reports from baghdad. there's

been about a dozen small explosions in northern cities in iraq in three different areas as well as several rounds of mortar fire that have landed in several cities polling stations targeting polling stations south of baghdad we're hearing that there have been injuries but no casualties confirmed as of yet now this comes amid incredibly tight security restrictions here all across iraq even getting to the studios here in baghdad we have to pass multiple checkpoints and what these attacks indicate is that despite these security restrictions determined insurgents are still able to carry out waves of violence and of course this comes on the heels on the heels of numerous attacks that have rocked iraq in recent months and weeks now what we're hearing from voters here is that the corruption is really the number one concern they feel that of corruption was addressed in these kinds of attacks wouldn't really be taking place so much well most of them happened blamed on the insurgency the revived insurgency of al qaeda in iraq there are it's clear by talking to

voters that there are plenty of other parties and political interests that are vested in this wave of violence that we do know that elections have been postponed in a third of iraq's provinces including the controversial anbar province where large scale demonstrations have been taking place over the past three months against this government we here at r.t. had a chance to get into a very difficult journey despite the roadblocks despite a ban on journalists to actually enter the area but we want to find out what the people there have to say about these elections and about the situation in iraq today and let's play you that report right now this is rather a dangerous area for me that's why i'm dressed like this i'm trying to not attract as much attention foreign journalists have been banned from covering these protests from entering the anbar province altogether and elements are still here in fact among the crowd you'll see some black flags later on when we go into to the crowd.

which have been associated with al qaeda groups the protesters have been demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are problems force has been the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sick tarion sectarian. candidates for the government the system is unjust which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of one to

eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces of the anbar province were located there right now as well as the province the government says this is because of security and indeed attacks have been escalating over the past weeks and months but most of the iraqis that you speak to here say that this is not the case it's politically motivated of course the recent weeks have proven to us that a bloody backdrop to the elections numerous attacks all across the country have killed scores of civilians there's been political assassinations of candidates running for office political gatherings have been targeted on thursday a car bomb took place in baghdad in a largely sunni area in a cafe internet shop where a lot of young people tended to go out it's a situation that's reflective of the state of iraq today a country that has been torn apart by war but doesn't seem to be and closer to healing the wounds in the divisions that have been unleashed during that occupation

. as sunday's formula one grand prix in bahrain heads for the starting line the pro-democracy protests are also revving up tens of thousands have turned out in recent days accusing the event of racing on their blood they blocked roads with burning tires and hurled petrol bombs at riot police who responded with tear gas the bahraini regime is also getting tough on foreign journalists trying to cover the crackdown a british t.v. crew is the latest to to be deported from the country there have been more than two years of protests often ending in violence with more than seventy people killed on both sides the country's most famous human rights activist now build a job is serving a jail sentence for posting anti-government messages on twitter activist mohamed al softy explains why protesters are so furious about the formula one race being hosted in making to. this government their whole grand prix this is. all very. systematic torture and they have faced discrimination against that but we

are not a majority of people so this student should be on sanctions it should not be awarded they went back to gram agree or any other and they are all using it to get rid of what's happening now it's not really great is what's happening not is bringing that asked me here in this spirit that we're now living again in this region just because. they want to prove that. the don't make mistakes by doing more mistakes in preventing peaceful activists which you will only get when we get that gratian works in bahrain and you can head to our tea dot com to see our special section on bahrain with all of the latest on the run up to the grand prix race stay with us as we provide full coverage over the weekend as the events unfold. also while you are at r t dot com a read about the natural disaster that has struck china the huge earthquake in the southern part of the country left

about one hundred sixty people dead and that death toll continues to rise you can learn more on that story and follow live updates. bob treatments gyms and a television home saudi arabia's pushing forward revolutionary views on treating the jailed al qaeda extremists for more details you can head to our web site. the u.s. secretary of state has announced one hundred twenty three million dollars in non lethal aid that will be sent to the syrian rebels john kerry says the new round of assistance will go beyond the current provisions of food and medicine but did not go into details he also stated that the u.s. is going to expand its military presence in the country and it all came during a joint media conference at the friends of syria meeting in istanbul the meeting of the eleven allied states as potentially a turning point for the rebels who expect their international backers to turn promises into action they want their western and arab allies to provide the arms

they need to topple the regime of bashar al assad but the meeting comes against the backdrop of mounting concerns over extremist groups within the rebel ranks. explains. the meeting in turkey comes when the situation around syria is heating up dramatically and the countries will decide to go are losing patience and while the gender is unclear the raw indicators that a military solution could be discussed in istanbul just ahead of the seventeen nation group conference britain and france informs the un that's may have credible evidence that syria used chemical weapons at least once while the u.n. investigation over the issue is stalled two major european powers have stated that soil samples witness interviews and opposition sources prove nerve agents were used in and around the cities of aleppo homs and damascus it hasn't been specified to reach sites due to present its. obama had earlier made it clear no matter who is going to utilize chemical weapons once it happens it will be

a red line and while u.s. officials have stressed the deterrent effect of such remarks many have taken it as a clear signal of possible military intervention the mission in turkey also comes just days after america's defense secretary said around two hundred u.s. troops who have a sense of jordan's border with syria to boast of jordan's training and defense capabilities as one jordanian minister later commented they have also been unconfirmed reports that the u.s. agreed to deploy to pay for it missile batteries at the border he responds to then in authorities and syrian opposition requests in another significant twist the a looser front the most effective force fighting to topple assad recently confirmed it had links to al qaida something america claimed months before blacklisting the group as a terrorist organization but even after these revelations the head of the syrian national coalition them rela united political and military opposition groups and recognized by the majority of the friends of syria group referring to a minister as druthers russia has warned the meeting in istanbul could have

a negative effect in promoting dollars between the sides of the conflict and in its hopes common sense will prevail written off not seen from middle east. the latest kaiser report tells you how a basic spreadsheet error could cost you a pretty penny right after this break. i reckon cardiologist dr omar al claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did he see puts to data that the number of press cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent a case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq it which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium

rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results that found that depleted uranium was indeed in the lungs and other organs of navy vets who filed for health compensation claims yeah you know saddam hussein seemed like a pretty bad guy but there are always ways to get around the confines of a dictatorship but there is no way to escape from radiation it is truly the present for the invasions of iraq good for the iraqis well it doesn't seem to be doing too good for their physical health but that's just my opinion.

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